High NH2D/NH3 ratios in protostellar cores

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2003-02-27

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0302564v1

Astron.Astrophys.403:L25-L28,2003

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

4 pages 1 figure

Scientific paper

10.1051/0004-6361:20030297

Observations of low mass protostars which probe small enough size scales to be within likely CO depletion regions show the highest [NH2D]/[NH3] ratios yet measured, of 4--33%. These molecular D/H ratios are higher than those measured on larger scales, showing that deuterium fractionation increases towards protostellar cores. As in cold clouds, such high ratios can be produced by gas-phase ion-molecule chemistry in the presence of depletion. Grain surface chemistry is less likely to explain the deuterium enhancement, as it would require higher fractionation in ices than current models predict. The link between accretion, depletion and high molecular deuterium fractionation is strongly supported.

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